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D) Public Health Parasitology (MCQ’s)
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C. They are parasites of animals.
D. They require two types of hosts to complete their life
cycles.
652)
What is thought to be the major source of Toxoplasma infection for humans?
A
A. ingestion of undercooked meat
B. sexual activity
C. contact with infected cats and their feces
D. bites from infected arthropods
653)
Which of the following parasites can cross the placenta in women?
B
A. Cryptosporidium
B. Toxoplasma
C. Plasmodium
D. Cyclospora
654)
Why are humans a "dead end" for the tapeworm Taenia solium?
C
A. T. solium is killed by the normal microbiota of the
human intestinal tract.
B. T. solium larvae have no way of leaving the human
digestive tract.
C. Normally, humans are not cannibals.
D. Humans lack an important growth factor for further
development of the tapeworm.
655)
Tapeworms use their scolex for which of the following?
C
A. asexual reproduction
B. sexual reproduction
C. anchorage
D. ingesting nutrients
656)
Cysticerci are found in which type of host of a cestode?
D
A. Neither the definitive nor the intermediate host
B. both the definitive and the intermediate host
C. only the definitive host
D. only the intermediate host
657)
Which of the following tapeworms has an affinity for the liver in human body?
A
A. Echinococcus granulosus
B. Taenia solium
C. Taenia saginata
D. Schistosoma mansoni
658)
In the generalized life cycle of fluke larvae, circariaes can parasitize all of the following EXCEPT __________.
D
A. the bloodstream
B. the liver
C. the lungs
D. the brain
659)
The deposition of eggs in the perianal area is a characteristic of which of the following?
A
A. Enterobius vermicularis
B. Fasciola hepatica
C. Ascaris lumbricoides
D. Wuchereria bancrofti
660)
The condition elephantiasis is associated with infections of which of the following?
A
A. Wuchereria bancrofti
B. Necator americanus
C. Schistosoma japonicum
D. Fasciola gigantica
661)
Which of the following organisms is associated with the propagation and transmission of schistosomiasis?
A
A. snails
B. dogs
C. mosquitoes
D. cats
662)
The disease occurs due to Baylisascaris procyonis, the intestinal roundworm of
C
A. cat
B. pig
C. raccoons
D. Man
663)
D
A. Taeniasis
B. Anisakiasis
C. Trichinellosis
D. cryptosporidium
664)
All are meat borne parasitic diseases Except
A
A. Taeniasis
B. Anisakiasis
C. Trichinellosis
D. Diphyllobothriasis
665)
The scientist ‘Van Thiel’ for first time recognized Anisakiosis in __________
C
A. 1980
1970
C. 1960
1950
666)
A
A. Ascaris suum
B. Ascaris lumbricoides
C. A and B
D. None of these
667)
Capillaria hepatica is a ___________parasite
A
A. Nematode
B. Cestode
C. Trematode
D. None of these
668)
Fish-eating birds act as the __________hosts for intestinal capillariasis
B
A. paratenic
B. reservoir